Animate with Paths and Curves

is a tool for quick animation using curves

Key features:

- FAST: 3 Clicks to create template and animate object to the curve

- MULTI-USE: Animations can be customized, removed, duplicated, used on existing curves.

- CUSTOMIZABLE: Modify animations without graph editor. Created curves can be extruded, moved, changed shape

- CUSTOMIZABLE: Move object along the curve or in the curve shape. Change the animation from end to start or reverse

- TEMPLATES for curves: Line, Circle, Spiral, Wave, Wave with drop-off

- TEMPLATES for animation: Balanced, Fast to slow, Slow to fast etc.

How it works?

- The tool creates a curve and an empty object that is automatically animated. The tool uses follow path constrain and offset factor to animate the object. You can do same things without the tool but it's ment to make the process a lot faster. With single button you can parent the object to empty and follow it's animations and you can choose whether you want to follow the curve or keep it in place.

- All the tool actions can also be modified easily. Animations keyframes, curve length, curve points etc...there are multiple possibilities on how to use the tool.

FAST iteration on animations

Templates for different curve shapes that you can later modify

Simple workflow

Easy to install

Blender 4.1 or under

1 Edit - Preferences
2 Add-ons - Install
3 Choose - "AnimatePathsAndCurves.zip" - Install Add-on
4 Search and enable Animate with Paths and Curves

Blender 4.2 (Updated to extension)

1 Edit - Preferences
2 Get Extensions - Install from disk
3 Choose - "AnimatePathsAndCurves-1.0.0.zip" - Install From Disk
4 Go to Add-ons -Search and enable Animate with Paths and Curves